Hi Bubba,

I have similar temperatures here in NJ. This coming Saturday is supposed to be close to 40 degrees F, so I'm hoping to sneak in a round.

As for drills, I usually work on strength and flexibility. I do a lot of cardio and work on my lower body and core to help strength and improve my balance. Also, when I don't play for a while, the first thing that "breaks" is usually my touch... so lately, I've been chipping and putting in my basement. I have about 1000 sq feet of carpet in the basement with no furniture yet, so it's been quite fun. (On a side note, I am seriously debating not buying any furniture for the basement because of this). 

Hope this helps. 

The TPI website has a vast variety of great ideas for fitness and practice during the indoor winter months up north!  I just moved to a new home and have installed a 15x15 indoor putting green along side my golf work shop...should be interesting to see if my putting improves as a result! Stay tuned, LOL!

Happy New Year!!

Hey Bubba!

It's been freezing in Philadelphia so my practice has been limited to carpet putting and working on my short "touch" chips.  Other than that I like to ski as a good cross-training to work on leg strength, hip flexibility, and shoulder/arm muscle strength.  I have found that puts me in a good place come spring when I like to do a couple ski and tees that don't offer much time to work on game development.

Stay warm!

Don't get furniture, at least not yet! First get a golf simulator so you can play any time you want.

On that, even though I'm in California and can play year round, I have a simulator in my basement. I'm always trying new drills and practicing working on all the issues that come up when I don't play rounds. There is quite a range of simulators, but the one I went with is called Protee and it's pretty reasonable in terms of cost and you can adjust the settings to make sure it's reading accurately. It measures both ball as well as club (face/path/speed). 

Another thing I recently got is called My Swinguru and it uses an Xbox 3D camera connected to your computer to read your body motions and tell you of some common faults (in setup, top, impact, finish). I have found it very valuable myself as I often alternate between those issues and this helps me notice more much more quickly. I just practice how many perfect swings I can get per session. It's not overly expensive for the software. The Xbox camera was $100 on Amazon. You could just swing without a ball if you need to. I highly recommend it. 

Both of those help me make the most of my Titleist clubs. I have no affiliation to either company but am happy to give the information that I have to those interested. Also, for my simulator, I have a giant screen that I hit into (12 x 9 feet) and a projector on the ceiling. It's in the basement and one selling point to my wife was that we could use it as a home theater (which both she and the kids now love, and we use it all the time). We use big Restoration Hardware bean bags for seating. 

During the winter when it's too cold to go out and play, I split my free time between working on strength & conditioning and a few golf specific activities.  My strength and condition work revolves around treadmill, bike riding (bike on mag unit) and free weights.  In addition to the free weights, I also have a workout routine for core exercises (the Tar Heel Workout).  It's intended for basketball, but it is the best set of core exercises I've found.  As far as golf activities, I have a short 1 lb weighted club that I swing, just to maintain some muscle memory and I have a large putting mat (20 ft piece of marine carpet) in the unfinished portion of my basement that I spend an hour each day putting on.  Basement floors are not perfectly level, so I can rotate the carpet to change the breaks for putting.

Here in St Louis we are on the cusp of a minor heat wave this weekend (predicting high 40s to low 50s), so the age old question is, do I go play first or go put some range time in?

I like to use the winter time to focus on my mechanics a little bit. It's also a good opportunity to read books. I've slowly been working through The Putting Prescription by Dr. Craig L. Farnsworth. It's an excellent book on with diagnostic tests for you to perform and some remedies along with plenty of putting drills. I also spend a little more time in the gym and working on flexibility and mobility in the off-season.